As a first post in this section I want to highlight discount pricing that is regularly available to everyone.
- Beginning in February of 2024 we instituted a new program called "Game of the Week". This features a new title every week discounted 25% off our normal pricing. Sale price is $29.95.
- Always in effect - if you purchase $199 or more in a single purchase 20% will be taken off the top at checkout.
- Then, every 6 months we have a store wide sale where every title in our catalog is on sale that has been released longer than a year.
While you browse our catalog you will see the fruit of 20+ years of development. But a key point to note is - none of the games are "stuck" where they were released, rather updates are regularly released bringing new functionality, fixing any compatibility issues with new OS releases, and adding in new content for these existing titles. So for all practical purposes, a purchase of a WDS title is an investment - not a one off purchase, as you will be able to play the game for years to come.
You can see our entire product list here - All WDS Titles (https://wargameds.com/collections/all)
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We will post updates to this thread each week as we announce the new game of the week. I'll post the name so you'll see it, but the linked blog post is to not just reiterate that - but rather it goes into further depth of what is included in the game plus additional outside resources so you can see what others say about the game - and be able to read up on the historical context of the topic at hand.
New Game of the Week announcement is up! This week we feature Panzer Campaigns: Budapest '45
https://wargameds.com/blogs/news/game-of-the-week-march-25-to-april-1
New WDS game of the week has been announced (Mexican-American War), read all about it in todays blog post:
https://wargameds.com/blogs/news/game-of-the-week-april-1st-7th
New game of the week has been announced (Sealion '40), read all about it in todays blog post:
https://wargameds.com/blogs/news/game-of-the-week-april-8-to-14
New WDS game of the week has been announced (Campaign Gettysburg), read all about it in todays blog post:
https://wargameds.com/blogs/news/game-of-the-week-april-15th-21st
New Game of the Week has been announced, Eagles Strike! Get the details in todays blog post:
https://wargameds.com/blogs/news/game-of-the-week-april-22-to-28
New Game of the Week announced from WDS, Great Northern War! First time this title has been on sale. Check out todays post for more details.
https://wargameds.com/blogs/news/game-of-the-week-april-29th-may-5th
New Game of the Week announced, Middle East '67! Read all about it in todays blog post:
https://wargameds.com/blogs/news/game-of-the-week-may-6th-to-12th
Nice book recommendations rahamy for the Six Day War. I've read Chaim Herzog's "Arab Israeli Wars" and Eric Hammel's "Six Days In June". Both good reads.
I'll check out those other recommendations as well.
New Game of the Week announced, the freshly updated Campaign Leipzig! Read all about it in todays blog post:
https://wargameds.com/blogs/news/game-of-the-week-may-13-19
New Game of the Week announced, this time we have Panzer Battles: Battles of Kursk - Southern Flank. Read all about it in todays blog post:
https://wargameds.com/blogs/news/game-of-the-week-may-20-to-26
New Game of the Week announced, this time we have Naval Campaigns: Guadalcanal. Read all about it in todays blog post:
https://wargameds.com/blogs/news/game-of-the-week-may-27-june-2
It's Monday and that means a new Game of the Week is announced today. On this 80th anniversary week we remember the Allied invasion of Normandy - and so our game is Panzer Campaigns: Normandy '44.
https://wargameds.com/blogs/news/game-of-the-week-jun-3-to-9
This week we go back in time 160 odd years and into the "breadbasket of the Confederacy" with this weeks title - Campaign Shenandoah. You can read about it in todays blog post.
https://wargameds.com/blogs/news/game-of-the-week-june-10-16
New post up today with specifics about this years Summer Sale, but also a variety of other important information we wanted to convey - so please take a few minutes and read todays blog post:
https://wargameds.com/blogs/news/24-summer-sale-dates-announced (https://wargameds.com/blogs/news/24-summer-sale-dates-announced)
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The '24 Summer Sale is now live!
All games out longer than 1 year are reduced to $29.95. The three titles not on sale are:
Orel '43
Thirty Years War
Spring Awakening '45
You can view our complete product listing here: https://wargameds.com/collections/all (https://wargameds.com/collections/all)
And we also bring you the 4.04 updates for the First World War Campaigns series. You can read all about those in todays blog post:
https://wargameds.com/blogs/news/first-world-war-campaigns-4-04-updates-amp-the-24-summer-sale-is-live (https://wargameds.com/blogs/news/first-world-war-campaigns-4-04-updates-amp-the-24-summer-sale-is-live)
It's July 1st and we're down to the final 4 days our the WDS Summer sale. We will be closing things down at 10 PM EST on July 4th, so if there's something you still want to grab before the doors close hurry on over!
This link will take you to the "Series" page, which lists all 12 series we offer, and then the Demo page is also linked towards the bottom. We have 100 titles on sale, so plenty to choose from and likely something for everyone's area of interest!
https://wargameds.com/collections
Game of the Week (GOTW) promotion returns with a new title - France '14 - read all about it in todays post:
https://wargameds.com/blogs/news/game-of-the-week-jul-8-to-14
This Game of the Week covers a fascinating period of warfare during the transition period from more traditional arms such as bows, pikes and swords, to a firepower dominated battlefield. Musket & Pike: Renaissance is the oldest period of warfare we cover, so far, and can be yours today at a discounted price. Check out the details in todays post:
https://wargameds.com/blogs/news/game-of-the-week-july-15-21
The Game of the Week is Panzer Campaigns – Tunisia '43. This title covers the desperate fighting in North Africa from the end of 1942 to the conclusion in May of 1943. Dig into the details in todays blog post covering this fascinating title:
https://wargameds.com/blogs/news/game-of-the-week-jul-22-to-28
A monumental campaign is covered in this Game of the Week offering. Napoleon's Russian Campaign chronicles the launch of a half-million man multi-national force into the depths of Russia. This would see them drive all the way to Moscow, and then withdraw through the winter and limp back across the border as a skeleton force. Can you do better as Napoleon? Or can you stop him at Smolensk, or earlier, with the combined Russian armies? Pick up todays title and put the question to the test!
https://wargameds.com/blogs/news/game-of-the-week-jul-29-aug-4
"Only one thing remained for the veteran Communist-cum-deity: reunification. Ever since the failed gamble of 1950, Pyongyang had endured a humiliating American presence on the peninsula, a permanent imperialist enclave that every day reminded Kim Il Sung of his one time failure. Almost as galling, the Combined Forces Command to the south reminded the North Korean leader of the debt Pyongyang owed Beijing, for it was Chinese soldiers that had stopped MacArthur's drive to the Yalu, and the Chinese never forget. For the proud North Koreans, such obligations were a bitter pill."
Todays Game of the Week - Modern Campaigns: Korea '85 - let's you explore the explosive situation that existed on the Korean peninsula in the mid '80's. Read all about it in todays blog post:
https://wargameds.com/blogs/news/game-of-the-week-aug-5-to-11 (https://wargameds.com/blogs/news/game-of-the-week-aug-5-to-11)
"I shall soon leave here on the wing for Richmond - which you may be sure I will take."
- Major General George B. McClellan - March 16, 1862
Can you do better at the helm of the Union forces? Or can you stop them at the gates as the Confederates... or drive them back down the peninsula? Put it to the test with this Game of the Week - Civil War Battles: Campaign Peninsula.
https://wargameds.com/blogs/news/game-of-the-week-aug-12-18
From the Gates of Richmond last week, to the Eastern Front this, todays Game of the Week is Advance of the Reich! Check out all the details in todays post:
https://wargameds.com/blogs/news/game-of-the-week-aug-19-to-25
A new Game of the Week has been announced. This round we bring you the newly updated Naval Campaigns: Jutland!
Check out all the details in todays post:
https://wargameds.com/blogs/news/game-of-the-week-aug-26-sept-1
This week we return to shore with the Allied invasion of Normandy! Battles of Normandy is our featured Game of the Week and is now on sale for 25% off our normal pricing. Check out the detailed write up in todays post to see if you want to pick up a copy!
https://wargameds.com/blogs/news/game-of-the-week-sep-2-to-8
Game of the Week! We bounce back in time roughly 150 years to the French Revolution and the 1st & 2nd Coalitions of nations that arrayed against them and this new threat to monarchy. This weeks title is Republican Bayonets on the Rhine from the Napoleonic Battles series. Command the armies of France as they mature during these years from "levée en masse" to the army that would shake the foundations of Europe. Or command the Allies as they aim to squash this new ideology and restore the monarchy and the old order.
https://wargameds.com/blogs/news/game-of-the-week-sep-9-15
From one side of Europe to the other... this Game of the Week takes us to the Eastern Front, in World War I, with East Prussia '14. Check out the details in todays post:
https://wargameds.com/blogs/news/game-of-the-week-sep-16-to-22 (https://wargameds.com/blogs/news/game-of-the-week-sep-16-to-22)
We explore the western theater of operations during the US Civil War in todays GOTW. Campaign Chickamauga covers the major battles of Murfreesboro, Chickamauga & Chattanooga as well as many smaller actions. You can read all about it in todays post:
https://wargameds.com/blogs/news/game-of-the-week-sep-23-29
October 1st marks the 80th anniversary of the start of the battle of the Scheldt. And so we are making Panzer Campaigns: Scheldt '44 our next GOTW. Ready about it and a bunch of supporting content in todays post:
https://wargameds.com/blogs/news/game-of-the-week-sep-30-to-oct-6
Any idea when Rzhev '42 might make the rotation? I'm reading Meat Grinder by Pritt Buttar, which means I have no choice and must game Operations Mars and Jupiter.
Thanks.
Quote from: Jarhead0331 on September 30, 2024, 08:03:39 AMAny idea when Rzhev '42 might make the rotation? I'm reading Meat Grinder by Pritt Buttar, which means I have no choice and must game Operations Mars and Jupiter.
Thanks.
That will be next year some time, as it isn't specifically on the GOTW schedule for '24.
Of course our Winter sale will kick up in December...
Its time to see if you can rule the waves in the Far East with this Game of the Week - Tsushima! After extensive updating and content expansion we are confident this title gives you a lot of bang for your buck - and now at a reduced price! Read about it here:
https://wargameds.com/blogs/news/game-of-the-week-oct-7-13
The game in focus this week takes us to the deserts of North Africa during World War II with Panzer Campaigns: El Alamein '42. See what's included plus all the extras highlighted in todays GOTW post.
https://wargameds.com/blogs/news/game-of-the-week-oct-14-to-21
Its time to revisit the Napoleonic Battles series once again, and this time we bring you the closing act of that era, Campaign Waterloo! This title is now on sale for 25% off normal pricing through Sunday Oct. 27th. Read more about our next Game of the Week in todays post:
https://wargameds.com/blogs/news/game-of-the-week-oct-21-27
October is drawing to a close, but still time for one more Game of the Week. Today we bring you the updated version of Japan '45! Read about it in todays blog post:
https://wargameds.com/blogs/news/game-of-the-week-oct-28-to-nov-3
We step back in time once again to explore some of the lesser known aspects of the American Civil War with our next Game of the Week - Forgotten Campaigns. Check out the details here:
https://wargameds.com/blogs/news/game-of-the-week-nov-4-10
This week, we shine a spotlight on Modern Campaigns: North German Plain '85, an operational Cold War-era game set in 1985. In this hypothetical conflict, NATO and Warsaw Pact forces face off across the flat, tank-friendly North German plains, in what could have been a high-stakes battle for European dominance. Read about it in todays post:
https://wargameds.com/blogs/news/game-of-the-week-nov-11-to-17
It has been several months, but this week we return to the Musket & Pike series for our Game of the Week feature. And that title is... Thirty Years War! This is the first time this title has been discounted, as we have just crossed the one year anniversary since release. And speaking of anniversaries, we are now at the 3 Year mark since Wargame Design Studio announced the acquisition of the John Tiller portfolio... and what a busy three years it has been!
https://wargameds.com/blogs/news/game-of-the-week-nov-18-24
The First World War started on July 28th, 1914, 110 years ago. The assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand resulted in Austria-Hungary declaring war on Serbia, beginning World War I. Our Game of the Week is Serbia '14 which focuses on these events. See this weeks post for more details and resources.
https://wargameds.com/blogs/news/game-of-the-week-nov-25-to-dec-1
Its time to see if you can rule the waves in the North Atlantic with this Game of the Week - Kriegsmarine! This title is now on sale at 25% off until Sunday Dec. 8th. Read about it here:
https://wargameds.com/blogs/news/game-of-the-week-dec-2-8
Our next Game of the Week is here, this time we bring you Japan '46. Read all about it in todays blog post:
https://wargameds.com/blogs/news/game-of-the-week-dec-9-to-15
Final weekend of the WDS Winter Sale is upon us! Sale closes at 10 PM Eastern Time, US on January 5th, 2025. Over 100 full game titles to choose from.
https://wargameds.com/blogs/news/24-winter-sale-dates-announced
We are resuming our weekly Game of the Week promotions. We're leading off this new year with a title from our Napoleonic Battles series - Campaign 1814. This title will be on sale at 25% off until Sunday, January 12th. Get all the details in todays post:
https://wargameds.com/blogs/news/game-of-the-week-jan-6-12
This week we head to the Ozark Mountains and some of the lesser known early battles of the American Civil War with Campaign Ozark. This title will be on sale for 25% off now through Sunday, January 26th.
https://wargameds.com/blogs/news/game-of-the-week-jan-20-26 (https://wargameds.com/blogs/news/game-of-the-week-jan-20-26)
For 105 days, the tiny nation of Finland fought a war that typically merits only a footnote in the history books, or a passing remark in a WW2 documentaries. Taking on the vast manpower of the Soviet army, the Finns put up a fanatical defense of their homeland, inflicting horrific casualties on the invading Soviet army. In the end, the overwhelming number of Soviet troops and tanks sent into Finland forced the Finns to sue for peace, but they walked away from the conflict with their much bigger neighbor with their independence and national pride intact. Their struggle influenced the landscape and direction of the entire World War that followed--and perhaps the outcome as well.
Squad Battles: Winter War is our Game of the Week, on sale now through February 2nd:
https://wargameds.com/blogs/news/game-of-the-week-jan-27-feb-2
World War II remains our focus this week but we head to sea, both above & below the waves with Wolfpack! Can you bring down the transports that carried the very life blood of Britain? Can you keep the hunters of the sea away, and keep your charges safe? This title is on sale for 25% off now through February 9th. Read more about it here:
https://wargameds.com/blogs/news/game-of-the-week-feb-3-9
Continuing the winter theme as the Northern hemisphere shivers through the winter, we have decided that this week's Game of the Week is Panzer Campaigns: Bulge '44. The Battle of the Bulge (Operation Wacht am Rhein) covers the last-ditch attack by heavy German units hoping to recreate the successes of 1940, but was to result in further attrition of the overall Axis strength. For the Allies, it was a wake-up call. The resilience of the Germans genuinely surprised them, and it was an indication that more hard fighting would be needed to conclude the war.
https://wargameds.com/blogs/news/game-of-the-week-feb-10-to-16
Strap in as we head for the skies in this weeks Game of the Week - Modern Air Power: War Over the Mideast. This title will be on sale for 25% off normal pricing now through Sunday, February 23rd. Read all about it in todays post:
https://wargameds.com/blogs/news/game-of-the-week-february-17-23
Following closely on the 81st anniversary of the battle, this week we bring you Panzer Campaigns: Korsun '44 as our Game of the Week.
Read about it and check out the supplemental materials offered in the way of recommended books and videos in todays post:
https://wargameds.com/blogs/news/game-of-the-week-feb-24-to-mar-2 (https://wargameds.com/blogs/news/game-of-the-week-feb-24-to-mar-2)
March is upon us, and we kick things off with the newly updated Campaign Jena-Auerstedt for our Game of the Week promotion. Also note: we posted a new after action report (AAR) today featuring this game.
Begin your reading with this blog:
https://wargameds.com/blogs/news/game-of-the-week-march-3-9
This week we shine a spotlight on Modern Campaigns: Fulda Gap '85, an operational Cold War-era game set in 1985. In this hypothetical conflict, NATO and Warsaw Pact forces face off at the Fulda Gap, a region that was considered a key strategic location for potential Soviet invasion forces into Western Europe.
Read more about the game + suggested books and reference material in todays post:
https://wargameds.com/blogs/news/game-of-the-week-mar-10-to-16
From Central Europe to Central Virginia, this week we return to the 19th century as the American Civil War grinds on into its fourth year with Campaign Overland.
Begin reading about it in todays post:
https://wargameds.com/blogs/news/game-of-the-week-march-17-23
This week's Game of the Week is Panzer Campaigns: Kharkov '43. The third battle of Kharkov raged from February 2nd to March 18th, 1943, concluding 82 years ago, last week, so it is fitting to highlight this title.
Kharkov '43 covers one of the great turnarounds on the Eastern Front. Flushed with the success of the victory at Stalingrad, Stavka launched Operation Gallop/Star on the day the Paulus surrendered 6th Army in ignominy. The Soviet operation was hurriedly pulled together from the march to take advantage of the perceived disarray of the Axis forces. The Soviet operations were almost completely successful in capturing Kharkov and reaching the Dnepr River. Confronted with an unprecedented Soviet breakthrough, Manstein pulled off one of the greatest military reversals by launching a counter offensive that destroyed the bulk of South Western Front and then wrested both Kharkov & Belgorod off Voronezh Front. Even more amazing is the fact this was achieved with minimal new forces, but rather formations that had been engaged in combat for months.
https://wargameds.com/blogs/news/game-of-the-week-mar-24-to-30
The Peninsular War was one of the longest and most drawn-out campaigns of the Napoleonic War; a piece of Imperial regime change designed to close off the last European ports open to British trade, which instead developed into the "Spanish Ulcer" that sapped the strength of Napoleon's empire and left him to fight a two-front war that would ultimately destroy him.
This week Bonaparte's Peninsular War from the Napoleonic Battles series of games is on sale now through Sunday April 6th! Read more about it in todays post:
https://wargameds.com/blogs/news/game-of-the-week-march-31-april-6
This week's Game of the Week is Panzer Campaigns: Spring Awakening '45. We published this title in March 2024, and this will be the first time we have made it available at a discounted price. This final German offensive was fought from March 6th to March 15th, 1945, 80 years ago, so it is a fitting time to highlight this title.
https://wargameds.com/blogs/news/game-of-the-week-apr-7-to-13
By the latter part of 1861, the divided nation was beginning to understand that this new war would be a long and bloody fight. In the east, the Union advance into Virginia was soundly defeated at Bull Run (Manassas). Washington was eager for some good news that would encourage the people to stay the course and reunite the nation, no matter what the cost. Soon, a little known general would give the North the encouragement it so badly needed.
Read more about our latest Game of the Week, Campaign Shiloh, in todays blog post:
https://wargameds.com/blogs/news/game-of-the-week-april-14-20
This week's Game of the Week is John Tiller's first independent game, Panzer Campaigns: Smolensk '41. Smolensk '41 has aged well with multiple updates for both game system and game play over the years. It has also been mentioned as one of the more dynamic titles for both maneuver and action in the Panzer Campaigns series.
Read more about it + supporting book recommendations and videos in todays post:
https://wargameds.com/blogs/news/game-of-the-week-apr-21-to-27
Strap in as we head for the skies in this weeks Game of the Week - Modern Air Power: War Over Vietnam. This title will be on sale for 25% off normal pricing now through Sunday, May 4th.
After Korea, America was organized, trained and equipped to deter and, if necessary, to fight a global thermonuclear conflict against the Soviet Union. In 1965 America found itself thrust unexpectedly into a conventional war against a small Asian country that was well-supplied by China and Russia. War Over Vietnam puts you in the theater commander role to orchestrate and implement Air Force and Navy air assets over Southeast Asia.
Read more about the game and the supporting videos and suggested reading items in todays blog post:
https://wargameds.com/blogs/news/game-of-the-week-apr-28-may-6
Really wish the Modern Air Power series would get some much needed love.
Hopefully one day... believe it or not, we're a pretty small production team.
Quote from: rahamy on April 28, 2025, 10:02:26 PMHopefully one day... believe it or not, we're a pretty small production team.
I would never believe it was anything otherwise.
On May 10th, 1940, 85 years ago this coming weekend, Germany invaded France and the Low Countries. Despite the Allies having a numerical and, in some cases, qualitative advantage, the campaign was concluded in six short weeks with France, Belgium and the Netherlands subjugated. No you can recreate this invasion either as the Germans or the Allies with Panzer Campaigns: France '40.
Read about the title + supplemental content in the way of recommended books and videos in todays post:
https://wargameds.com/blogs/news/game-of-the-week-may-5-to-11
It's 1813 and the French are attempting to recover from the disastrous campaign into Russia the previous year. Campaign Bautzen is our new Game of the Week focusing on the Spring Campaign in Germany.
Read all about it to included recommended books and supporting videos in todays post:
https://wargameds.com/blogs/news/game-of-the-week-may-12-18
This week we bring you Panzer Campaigns: Kharkov '42. In May of 1942, the Axis forces were recovering from the Soviet onslaught during the 1941/42 winter. Unable to attack on a broad front, Southern Russia was prioritized with an aim to take the Caucasus oil and deny the Soviets the same. Before the Germans could launch their strategic offensive for the summer, the Russians saw their own opportunity to attack out of the Izyum bulge. The stage was set for the opposing offensives to go head-to-head.
Read about the game as well as support book and video content in todays post:
https://wargameds.com/blogs/news/game-of-the-week-may-19-to-25
As we are remembering Memorial Day here in the US we turn our focus to the War between the states, brother against brother - the American Civil War... Campaign Corinth focuses on the fighting in the western theater during the fall of 1862. This title will be on sale now through Sunday June 1st.
Read all about it plus supporting books and videos in todays post:
https://wargameds.com/blogs/news/game-of-the-week-may-26-jun-1
After the loss of Stalingrad and a retreat almost to the Dnepr River, the Germans planned for their third summer offensive in Russia. Their aim was to wrest the initiative from the Soviets, and hopefully pocket the large Soviet forces in the Kursk bulge, emulating the successful operations of summers past. The Russians had anticipated such a move and prepared to meet the invaders from the safety of the largest defensive structure built on the Eastern Front. Explore this topic more with our next Game of the Week, Panzer Campaigns: Kursk '43 on sale now through June 8th for 25% off normal pricing.
https://wargameds.com/blogs/news/game-of-the-week-june-2-to-8
Europe is convulsing over the events since the French Revolution, and Napoleon Bonaparte is making his presence known on the world stage. Campaign Marengo covers the battles and campaigns in Northern Italy from 1795 through 1800 and allows you to re-fight the famous battles of these campaigns. Read more about this game to include suggested reading and supporting video content in todays blog:
https://wargameds.com/blogs/news/game-of-the-week-june-9-15 (https://wargameds.com/blogs/news/game-of-the-week-june-9-15)
Does anyone know if WDS is gonna do more air combat games? Those are awesome.
Quote from: SpaceGameJunkie on June 09, 2025, 07:55:09 AMDoes anyone know if WDS is gonna do more air combat games? Those are awesome.
I've inquired about the state of the Modern Air Power Series in the past, asking for updates on future projects and, more importantly, patches that would bring the existing titles up to par with the other series' enhancements. Sadly, it seems to be pretty low priority for the small team and I believe there may be some technical/expertise issues with the engine, etc.
Quote from: Jarhead0331 on June 09, 2025, 09:22:59 AMQuote from: SpaceGameJunkie on June 09, 2025, 07:55:09 AMDoes anyone know if WDS is gonna do more air combat games? Those are awesome.
I've inquired about the state of the Modern Air Power Series in the past, asking for updates on future projects and more, importantly, patches that would bring the existing titles up to par with the other series' enhancements. Sadly, it seems to be pretty low priority for the small team and I believe there may be some technical/expertise issues with the engine, etc.
That's a damned shame. Thanks for letting me know!
Quote from: Jarhead0331 on June 09, 2025, 09:22:59 AMQuote from: SpaceGameJunkie on June 09, 2025, 07:55:09 AMDoes anyone know if WDS is gonna do more air combat games? Those are awesome.
I've inquired about the state of the Modern Air Power Series in the past, asking for updates on future projects and, more importantly, patches that would bring the existing titles up to par with the other series' enhancements. Sadly, it seems to be pretty low priority for the small team and I believe there may be some technical/expertise issues with the engine, etc.
We have been looking at, and prototyping a range of potential improvements for the MAP series. That said, we are overwhelmed with work currently, with both recent releases (Sword & Siege) as well as revisions to more popular series, taking precedence.
There are no abandoned series at WDS, at this time.
Quote from: Strela on June 12, 2025, 08:53:35 AMWe have been looking at, and prototyping a range of potential improvements for the MAP series.
Well that's encouraging. Thank you.
We resume our Game of the Week promotion today with the newly updated Panzer Campaigns: Tobruk '41!
The arrival of the Afrika Korps in Africa, saw the rapid collapse of the British after their pursuit of the Italians following Operation Compass. Retreating to shorten their supply lines, Commonwealth and British forces took a stand at Tobruk to slow the German pursuit. Little did the besieged forces know that they would become the focus of the North Africa campaign, for both sides in 1941, and on into 1942.
Read all about it in todays post:
https://wargameds.com/blogs/news/game-of-the-week-july-7-to-13
It's time to move to the deep American South with this weeks title. It's Spring of 1864 and Sherman is beginning his march to the sea. Many intense fights will unfold as the action cuts across Georgia in a bid to seal off a further section of the Confederacy. This and much more is included in Campaign Atlanta.
Read more about it in todays Game of the Week post plus check out the supporting video and book content:
https://wargameds.com/blogs/news/game-of-the-week-july-14-20 (https://wargameds.com/blogs/news/game-of-the-week-july-14-20)
This week we focus on Panzer Campaigns: Sicily '43. With the invasion of France still in early planning, and the collapse of the Axis forces in North Africa culminated in Tunisia, the next logical location for invasion was Sicily. A landing here would directly threaten one of the Axis members, Italy, and not require a redeployment of the Allied forces now available. Sicily '43 covers the full Operation Husky: July 9 - August 17 1943.
Get all the details + supporting books and videos in todays post:
https://wargameds.com/blogs/news/game-of-the-week-july-21-to-27
This week's Game of the Week is Panzer Campaigns: Salerno '43 Gold. The game covers both the invasions of Salerno in September 1943, exactly 82 years ago, and Anzio in January 1944. These were two very different operations. As an added bonus the air assault on Crete in 1941 is also included. This title is on sale for 25% off now through Sunday Sept. 7th.
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New Game of the Week announcement is up! This week we feature Panzer Campaigns: Smolensk '43
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Our new Game of the Week is Panzer Campaigns: Philippines '44 – on sale now through October 5th, for 25% off. This time, we join the Allied forces in their return to the Philippines, as MacArthur makes good on his famous promise and the battle for Leyte begins.
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This week's Game of the Week takes us into the grim twilight of the Confederacy, with one of the most brutal and tragic episodes of the American Civil War - Civil War Battles: Campaign Franklin. On sale now through October 12th, this title immerses players in the desperate Franklin–Nashville Campaign of late 1864 — a bold gamble by General John Bell Hood that would end in disaster for the Army of Tennessee.
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This week we turn to one of the most dramatic campaigns of the Second World War: Operation Typhoon, the German offensive aimed at capturing Moscow in late 1941. In Panzer Campaigns: Moscow '41, you can relive this desperate struggle as the Wehrmacht reached the limits of its strength and endurance, and the Red Army fought with equal determination to defend its capital—an epic confrontation that decided the fate of the Eastern Front.
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This week's spotlight turns to one of the grandest and most decisive campaigns of the Napoleonic era: Napoleonic Battles: Campaign Leipzig. Covering the monumental autumn campaign of 1813, this title from the Napoleonic Battles series brings to life the ebb and flow of Napoleon's fortunes in Germany — from fleeting triumph to catastrophic defeat. Welcome to another week, and another featured game. This title is on sale for 25% off now through Sunday, October 26th.
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This week's featured Game of the Week takes players into one of the most ambitious and controversial Allied operations of World War II - the daring airborne-ground offensive known as Operation Market Garden. Available at 25% off all week until 2 November, Panzer Campaigns: Market Garden '44 challenges you to seize the bridges, hold the corridor, and cross the Rhine - or crush the bold Allied gamble in its tracks.
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Another Monday, another Game of the Week: The Great Northern War (1700–1721) saw Sweden's Baltic Empire fall and Russia rise as a European power. Relive this pivotal conflict in Musket & Pike: Great Northern War, now 25% off until November 9-an ideal entry into the brutal twilight of the pike-and-shot era.
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Ready for your next strategic plunge into the Eastern Front? This week's Game of the Week is Panzer Campaigns: Kiev '43. It brings to life the massive thrust of the Battle of the Dnieper and the liberation of the Ukrainian capital.
Available at 25% off all week until 16 November, Panzer Campaigns: Kiev '43 challenges you to storm the river crossings, seize the capital, and drive the Wehrmacht into retreat — or hold fast against overwhelming odds and delay the Soviet tide.
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This week's Game of the Week takes you to the heart of the Pacific in June 1942, when the tide of World War II turned in a single, explosive battle. Naval Campaigns: Midway recreates the decisive clash between the U.S. Navy and the Imperial Japanese Navy with the scale and precision that define Wargame Design Studio's Naval Campaigns series.
Naval Campaigns: Midway is available at a special 25% discount throughout the week, until November 23rd.
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This week's Game of the Week takes you to the brutal heart of the Eastern Front in 1942. Panzer Campaigns: Stalingrad '42 puts you in command during one of the most infamous battles of the Second World War, as German and Axis forces drive toward the Volga and into the ruined streets of the city that bears Stalin's name.
Available at 25% off all week until 30 November, Panzer Campaigns: Stalingrad '42 challenges you to drive to the Volga and seize the shattered city—or hold the riverbank at all costs, weather the storm of Operation Uranus, and turn Stalingrad into Germany's graveyard instead.
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This week's Game of the Week marches you deep into the "Spanish Ulcer." Wellington's Peninsular War from our Napoleonic Battles series puts you in command of British, Portuguese, Spanish, and French forces across the long, brutal struggle for Iberia – from Moore's retreat to Corunna through Salamanca and Vitoria to the final advance toward France. With 184 scenarios, three linked campaign games (1809, 1812, 1813), a huge master map of Spain and Portugal, and full editor support, it lets you refight history, explore plausible "what if" branches, or craft your own engagements.
Available at 25% off all week until 7 December, Wellington's Peninsular War also complements Bonaparte's Peninsular War to give you near-complete coverage of the campaign, while still standing fully on its own if you just want to jump straight into Wellington's hardest-fought battles.
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This week's Game of the Week returns to the frozen approaches of Moscow. Panzer Campaigns: Moscow '42 puts you in command during the brutal winter battles of 1941–42, as the Red Army counterattacks a spent Heeresgruppe Mitte – and then asks what might have happened if the Germans had tried again in summer 1942. With a huge campaign map, 57 scenarios and two linked campaigns – the historical winter counteroffensive and the Fall Kreml alternate-history drive on Moscow – Moscow '42 offers a massive, replayable operational sandbox. Available at 25% off until 14 December.
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Now that the store-wide sale has wrapped up, it's time for us to resume our weekly Game of the Week promotions. We're leading off this new year in the tangled Wilderness of Virginia with Civil War Battles: Chancellorsville—25% off through January 11. Relive Hooker's ambitious spring offensive, Lee and Jackson's audacious May 2 flank march, and the brutal fighting at Chancellorsville and Fredericksburg (including Marye's Heights and Salem Church).
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This week's Game of the Week brings you to Belarus in the summer of 1944. Panzer Campaigns: Minsk '44 Gold lets you command the forces of Operation Bagration as the Red Army smashes Army Group Centre and drives on Minsk. With massive formations, critical river crossings, and a constant risk of encirclement, every decision matters—whether you're racing to keep momentum or fighting to hold a line together under overwhelming pressure. 25% off through 18 January.
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First-ever discount since launch: Musket & Pike: War of the Austrian Succession is 25% off through January 25. This week's Game of the Week marches you into the 18th century and the stormy years after Charles VI's death—Maria Theresa fighting to hold her inheritance, Frederick the Great seizing Silesia, and France, Britain, Bavaria and Spain turning a dynastic crisis into a continent-wide war. From fortress-ringed marches in Flanders to hard campaigning in Bohemia, Silesia and the Jacobite Rebellion of '45, you'll fight the war's turning points at the pace of the era: careful maneuver, set-piece battles, and sieges that decide the map.
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This week, we visit the battlefield of Central Europe in a Cold War gone hot with Modern Campaigns: Danube Front '85 - 25% off January 26 through February 1.
It's June 1985, and the unthinkable happens: airfields and comms are hit, bridges become prizes, and armored spearheads drive for the Danube corridor. With Austria's neutrality shattered, the fight widens into Bavaria's rivers, forests, and choke points, where a single hour or crossing can decide a campaign. Can NATO hold long enough for the balance to shift?
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Today's Game of the Week leads you into the seemingly endless expanses of Russia in 1812, where Napoleon's Grande Armée faced distance, logistics, and an enemy determined to trade space for time. Napoleon's Russian Campaign recreates one of history's most dramatic military disasters, from the long advance toward Moscow to the brutal retreat under constant pressure. 25% off from February 2–8, it offers a deep, scenario-rich look at a campaign where victory slipped away mile by mile.
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Squad Battles: Advance of the Reich is this week's Game of the Week (Feb 9–15) at 25% off, covering the German drive east from the opening of Barbarossa through the 1942 campaign and the road to Stalingrad. It's squad-level combat where fields of fire, cover, suppression, and the placement of support weapons matter.
The game has also received a major visual overhaul: cleaner, more transparent artwork, rebuilt terrain and hexside details, and brand-new Eastern Front buildings with refreshed city and factory graphics—plus multiple seasonal "biomes" (summer, fall, barren, snow).
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Naval Campaigns: Guadalcanal Naval Battles is our Game of the Week from February 16th to 22nd, and it's currently 25% off. In this game, you'll command your forces in the most perilous waters of the Pacific War.
The outcome of Guadalcanal's defense hinged on night surface actions, carrier strikes, and desperate convoy runs. Pausable real-time play allows you to carefully plan each engagement, emphasizing timing, initiative, and the timely evacuation of your ships before daylight brings the threat of air attacks. Embark on a thrilling journey across the Solomons and beyond in this scenario-rich title.
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This week's Game of the Week leads you to the blistering desert of Libya and Egypt. From Feb 23 to Mar 1, Panzer Battles: North Africa 1941 is 25% off. Fight the 1941 campaign at a close, tactical level—coordinating armor, infantry, and guns as the front swings from Compass and Tobruk toward the later offensives.
With 117 playable scenarios, huge maps, and an included 1941 Crete campaign for a change of terrain and tempo, there's plenty to explore.
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This week's Game of the Week takes you to the Maryland Campaign of 1862—Lee's bold thrust north, McClellan's pursuit, and the collision at Antietam, the bloodiest single day in American history.
From March 2–8, Civil War Battles: Campaign Antietam is 25% off.
Relive the race sparked by Special Order 191, command the clashes at Cedar Mountain and South Mountain, then fight the three-part struggle at Sharpsburg: the Cornfield and West Woods, Bloody Lane, and Burnside Bridge—across 369 scenarios where tempo, reserves, and terrain decide everything.
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From March 9 through March 15, Game of the Week crosses the Channel with Panzer Campaigns: Sealion '40, now 25% off.
Built from real German invasion planning rather than pure fantasy, it explores the perilous question of what might have happened had Germany tried to land in Britain in 1940.
With 49 scenarios, a huge master map, and both July and September invasion variants, Sealion '40 puts players in command of one of history's most ambitious and hazardous unrealized campaigns—where every mile inland depends on what survives the crossing.
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From March 16 to March 22, Sword & Siege: Crusades: Book I is this week's Game of the Week at 25% off.
Covering the First Crusade, the rise of the Latin states, and the hard fighting that led into the Second Crusade, it offers over 70 scenarios across sieges, marches, frontier warfare, and major set-piece actions.
This is the title's first GOTW appearance since release, and it follows a major 4.04 refresh that brings ladders, as well as new 2D and 3D terrain graphics.
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From March 23 through March 29, Panzer Campaigns: Budapest '45 is this week's Game of the Week at 25% off.
Covering the Soviet drive on Budapest, the encirclement of the Hungarian capital, and the desperate German-Hungarian Konrad relief offensives, it takes players into one of the last great armored struggles in Europe.
It also pairs naturally with Panzer Campaigns: Spring Awakening '45, showing the crisis that came before the Reich's final offensive in Hungary. A strong pick for anyone interested in the final battles on the Eastern Front.
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From March 30 through April 5, this week's Game of the Week turns to one of the most famous campaigns in military history.
Campaign Waterloo is 25% off, taking players into Napoleon's final gamble in Belgium in June 1815.
From the opening French advance to the clashes at Quatre Bras, Ligny, Wavre, and Waterloo itself, the game captures four extraordinary days in which speed, timing, and missed chances decided the fate of Europe.
It is a campaign of rapid movement, desperate fighting, and high command under immense pressure, ending in one of history's most famous defeats.
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This week's Game of the Week is Squad Battles: Eagles Strike, 25% off from April 6-12. Covering the campaign in northwest Europe from Normandy to the final battles in Germany, Eagles Strike brings the war down to the level of squads, platoons, and hard-fought objectives. Beach assaults, hedgerow battles, frozen crossroads, bridge fights, and desperate defensive stands all come together in a title that captures the close, tense nature of small-unit combat. It has also just been updated to the latest version, adding major graphical improvements to the battlefield.
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From April 13 through April 19, Musket & Pike: Thirty Years War is this week's Game of the Week, on sale for 25% off.
Covering one of the defining conflicts of early modern Europe, it places players in a war shaped by religion, dynastic rivalry, political survival, and the harsh realities of seventeenth-century warfare.
The title is also moving to Version 4.06, which includes the game's first free expansion pack with 11 new scenarios, among them Bautzen, Wolgast, Wittenweier, and Schweidnitz.
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From April 20 through April 26, this week's Game of the Week is Modern Campaigns: Middle East '67, on sale for 25% off.
Covering the Arab-Israeli conflicts from 1956 through 1982, plus a hypothetical 2004 war, the title places players in one of the Cold War era's most volatile military theaters. At its center stands the 1967 Six-Day War: a short, high-tempo conflict whose consequences reached far beyond the battlefield.
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From April 27 through May 3, this week's Game of the Week is Naval Campaigns: Jutland, on sale for 25% off.
Covering the great naval struggle between Britain and Germany in the First World War, the title takes you into a world of dreadnoughts, battlecruisers, scouting forces, smoke, mist, and split-second command decisions.
Centered on the Battle of Jutland but extending to other major naval engagements such as Coronel and the Falklands, it offers a look at one of history's most dramatic contests for control of the sea.
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From May 4 through May 10, this week's Game of the Week is Panzer Campaigns: Poland '39, on sale for 25% off for the first time since release. Covering the opening campaign of the Second World War, the title follows the German invasion, the Polish defense, and the Soviet Union's later intervention. Armored thrusts, armored trains, river lines, counterattacks, fortress defenses, and collapsing communications shape a campaign too often reduced to myth.
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From May 18 through May 24, this week's Game of the Week is Panzer Campaigns: Normandy '44, on sale for 25% off.
Covering one of the most important campaigns of World War II, the game follows the opening phase of Operation Overlord, from the D-Day landings through the fight to expand and secure the Allied bridgehead.
Beaches, airborne lodgments, bocage, Caen, Cherbourg, German counterattacks, and the struggle to turn a foothold into an operational base all come together in this classic Panzer Campaigns title.
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Napoleonic Battles: Campaign Bautzen is this week's Game of the Week, on sale May 25-31 for 25% off.
Explore the spring campaign of 1813, as Napoleon rebuilds after Russia and tries to restore French power in Germany before the Coalition can fully unite.
Fight through Lützen, Bautzen, and the smaller actions of Saxony and Silesia, then explore the Russo-Swedish War of 1808-09 that is also part of the game.
A natural sister title to Campaign Leipzig, Bautzen shows 1813 before the final autumn reckoning.
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This week's Game of the Week is Squad Battles: The Proud and the Few, on sale for 25% off from June 1 through June 7.
Follow the United States Marine Corps across the island battlefields of the Pacific War, from the early crisis after Pearl Harbor to the costly advance toward Japan.
The title has just received a brand-new update, with refreshed graphics, revised content, and additional polish throughout.
It remains a close-range tactical study of amphibious assaults, jungle fighting, fortified positions, night actions, and the small-unit battles that defined the Marine Corps' Pacific campaign.
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From June 8 through June 14, this week's Game of the Week is Musket & Pike: Renaissance, on sale for 25% off.
Covering some of the defining wars of early modern Europe, the game follows a battlefield world in transition: Swiss pike columns, Landsknechts, arquebusiers, heavy cavalry, artillery, religious conflict, dynastic ambition, and the brutal contest for power from Italy to the Low Countries. It is a rich tactical study of the Renaissance at war, where medieval traditions met the gunpowder age.
https://wargameds.com/blogs/news/game-of-the-week-june-8-14
This week's Game of the Week is Panzer Battles: Battles of Kursk - Southern Flank, available at 25% off from July 6 through 12.
The timing could hardly be better: the historical fighting covered by the game unfolded during almost the same week in July 1943, ending with the Soviet counterblow near Prokhorovka.
With 250-meter hexes, 30-minute turns, platoon-level units, 60 scenarios, and a vast master map, this is Kursk seen at ground level: minefields, village strongpoints, armored thrusts, and brutal local fights.
https://wargameds.com/blogs/news/game-of-the-week-july-6-12
From July 13–19, Naval Campaigns: Kriegsmarine is the Game of the Week at 25% off.
While its sister game "Wolfpack" follows the submarine war, Kriegsmarine turns to the surface struggle of the Battle of the Atlantic: raiders, convoy escorts, cruiser pursuits, and capital ships fighting through weather, darkness, and uncertainty.
From River Plate to Denmark Strait and North Cape, these scenarios capture the tense, high-risk naval actions where a single sighting, salvo, or torpedo strike could decide the fate of ships Germany could scarcely afford to lose.
https://wargameds.com/blogs/news/game-of-the-week-july-13-19
Next week's Game of the Week is First World War Campaigns: France '14, available at 25% off from July 20–26.
Command battalion-sized forces through the dramatic opening campaign in the west: the invasion of Belgium, the battles of the Frontiers, Mons and Le Cateau, the Allied retreat, and the counterstroke on the Marne.
Relive the hard choices, rapid marches, and command friction that turned a war of movement into the trenches of Flanders.
https://wargameds.com/blogs/news/game-of-the-week-july-20-26
This week's Game of the Week is Napoleonic Battles: Campaign 1814, available at 25% off from July 27–August 2.
Command French and Coalition forces through a winter campaign of sudden reversals: from frozen Brienne and La Rothière, through the Six Days' victories and Montereau, to the desperate struggle for Paris
Relive the hard choices, forced marches, and narrow opportunities of a campaign in which speed and coordination could still decide the fate of an empire. The road to Paris is open—can either side seize it?
https://wargameds.com/blogs/news/game-of-the-week-july-27-august-2
From August 3 through August 9, Panzer Campaigns: Tunisia '43 is Wargame Design Studio's Game of the Week, available at 25% off.
Complete the North African trilogy and command the final campaign in Africa, from the Axis buildup after Operation Torch to the fall of Tunis and Bizerte in May 1943.
Fight across rugged mountain passes, rain-soaked roads, and multinational battlefields where logistics, timing, and coordination matter as much as firepower. Can you delay the encirclement—or close the trap before the Axis escapes to Sicily?
https://wargameds.com/blogs/news/game-of-the-week-august-3-9
From August 10–16, our Game of the Week is Age of Longbow Volume I, 25% off for the first time since its release! Fight across the Hundred Years' War, from Crécy and Poitiers to Agincourt and the final struggle for English France. Command English, French, Burgundian, Breton, and other forces through great field battles, sieges, raids, and hard-fought campaigns across western Europe.
We have also released version 4.04.5, bringing the game up to our latest standard. The update is available now through your Store Account and Support page.
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From August 17 through 23, this week's Game of the Week is Modern Campaigns: Korea '85, available at 25% off.
In this Cold War-gone-hot campaign, war in Europe gives North Korea an opportunity to strike across the DMZ. Can the North isolate Seoul and seize vital ports before US reinforcements arrive, or can the ROK–US alliance survive the opening assault and turn the invasion into a trap?
Korea '85 puts operational speed against strategic endurance in a hypothetical Second Korean War where every day counts.
https://wargameds.com/blogs/news/game-of-the-week-august-17-23
From August 24 through August 30, Civil War Battles: Campaign Gettysburg is this week's Game of the Week, featured at 25% off. Go beyond the three famous days in July and command the wider 1863 campaign—from Brandy Station and Winchester to Gettysburg, Pipe Creek, and Lee's retreat. With more than 620 scenarios and variants, shifting arrivals, alternate routes, and uncertain enemy positions make reconnaissance, timing, and cavalry work as important as battlefield tactics. Can you turn incomplete information into victory before your opponent does?
https://wargameds.com/blogs/news/game-of-the-week-august-24-30